Chennai: The Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Chennai, directed an insurance firm to pay a compensation of Rs 22.71 lakh to the family members of a 32-year-old contractor, who died in a road accident three years ago.
In the petition, Ms Kayalvizhi submitted that her husband V. Ganapathy, 32, a contractor, had also been engaged in supplying tea packets and snacks to shops. He earned an income of Rs 50,000 per month. On March 29, 2015, at about 11.30 am, Ganapathy was riding a TVS XL motorcycle (registration no. TN 20 BU 9336) on Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (CTH Road) at Mannurpet. When he was nearing Parthasarathy street junction, a Tata Sumo van (registration no TN 05 AT 0856), came in a very rash and negligent manner endangering to public safety, hit the two-wheeler. As a result he sustained fatal injuries and died on the way to the hospital. A case was registered against the van driver.
She said the family members had depended on the income of Ganapathy. Hence, Venkatesan, owner of the van and National Insurance Company Ltd., insurer of the vehicle, were liable to pay a compensation of Rs 50 lakh. Neither Venkatesan nor the insurance firm's representative had appeared before the tribunal.
The judge, small causes court-III, S. Umamaheswari said the FIR copy, death report and post-mortem certificate filed by the petitioner clearly proved that the accident had occurred only due to the rash and negligent driving of the van driver. The insurance firm was thereby liable to pay a compensation of Rs 22.71 lakh to the petitioner and his kin, the judge said.
